>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES
AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
THE TIME IS 2:02 PM.
WE ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS ON JULY 23.
I AM JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
úJUAREZ.
IN TODAY'S MEETING WE HAVE JUST
NE ITEM.
IT SHOULD BE A QUICK MEETING.
WE WILL DISCUSS WITH
REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THE OUT
OF SCHOOL TIME MEAL PROGRAMS AS
WE KNOW.
ANY STUDENTS DEPEND ON FREE AND
REDUCED LUNCHES.
DURING THE SUMMER THAT
NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IS OFTEN
NOT AVAILABLE AND IS AN ATTEMPT
TO FILL THE VOID.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE PEOPLE AT
THE TABLE.
BEFORE THAT, WE HAVE PUBLIC,.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY?
>> THERE IS NOBODY SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START
WITH THE ITEMS.
>> OKAY GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.
PLEASE DO ONE SENTENCE
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE RECORD.
THEN YOU'RE FREE TO TAKE IT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
JASON JOHNSON BUT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> PAT WELLS, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> NATALIE THOMSON, HUMAN
SUBSIST A PERMIT, FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT SENIOR PLANNER.
>> AND I AM AMY GORE FROM
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> TED WERE DOWN FROM YOUR
OFFICE.
IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> NICE TO MEET YOU, TED.
>> ALL RIGHT, SIEBEL GO AHEAD
AND KICK THIS OFF.
TODAY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND
HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT EIGHT
XTS, HSD AND THE OUT OF SCHOOL
MEAL PROGRAM.
THIS WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
OUTLINE THE FOOD AND MEAL
PORTFOLIO WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS
ON AFTERSCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS
AND SUMMER FOOD SERVICE
PROGRAMS.
TOGETHER, WE CALL THAT OUT AS
THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME MEAL
PROGRAMS.
BUT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
BOTH TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE
A REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF
HOW WE MAINTAIN NUTRITION AND
HEALTH FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY
OTHERWISE SUPPLEMENT THEIR FOOD
INSIDE OF SCHOOL BUT GIVEN THAT
SCHOOL IS OUT, IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT PROGRAMMING IS IN PLACE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE
SAME LEVEL OF ACCESS TO THAT
IMPORTANT MIDDAY MEAL.
>> CAN I ASK YOU?
IT IS A QUESTION, IS IT OUT OF
SCHOOL TIME MEALS PROGRAMS?
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY TIME MEALS?
I ASSUMED IT WAS OUT OF SCHOOL
TIME, DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M
SAYING?
>> SO WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO
LEVEL OF DETAIL ABOUT BOTH.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THERE IS A
SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM WHICH IS
TIME WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT
NORMALLY IN SESSION.
AND THERE IS ALSO AFTERSCHOOL
TIME PROGRAMS.
THAT IS MEAL AND NUTRITIONAL
SUPPORT OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS.
SO WE WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS
OF PROGRAMMATICALLY WHAT WE
MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TIME.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT LEVEL OF
ACCESS.
SO I AM FIRST, I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT OFTEN I FEEL
LIKE I'M AT THIS TABLE TO TALK
ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
STABILITY.
BUT THERE ARE ANY OTHER BODIES
OF WORK WITHIN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT ARE
EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT.
THIS IS REALLY A HIGHLY
QUALIFIED DUO OF EXPERTS.
TWO SUPERSTARS FROM THE YOUTH
AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT
DIVISION.
THAT DIVISION, YOU KNOW, IT IS
THROUGH INVESTMENT AND THE
WORK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND THAT
FAMILIES ARE THRIVING AND HAVE
A SPORT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE
TO GROW AND SUCCESSFULLY BE
COULD READING ADULTS.
WE DO THAT THROUGH FOOD
INVESTMENTS, MOST OF THE FOOD
INVESTMENTS THE DEPARTMENT LIVE
INSIDE OF THE BY FE INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIO.
NOT ALL OF THEM.
THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC OR
TAILORED FOOD INVESTMENTS THAT
HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT
WE HAVE IN HSI AND WE HAVE A
SUBSTANTIAL FOOD AND MEAL
INVESTMENT IN OUR AGING AND
DISABILITIES DIVISION TO
SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS.
BUT MOST OF OUR HUNGER STRATEGY
AND THOSE INVESTMENTS TO COMBAT
HUNGER LIVE WITHIN THE YOUTH
AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT
DIVISION.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AT THE
TABLE WITH TWO OF THAT
DIVISION'S BEST.
>> THANK YOU, JASON.
SO AS YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FUNDS A
RANGE OF FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD
SECURITY PROGRAMS.
FROM SEATTLE'S EMERGENCY
FEEDING SYSTEM, WHICH
COMPRISES, IT IS COMPRISED OF
FOOD BANKS AND MEAL PROGRAMS TO
FRESH BUCKS TO GO.
ARE LOW BARRIER FOOD ACCESS
OPPORTUNITY FUND.
ALL PROGRAMS AS A SLIGHT STATES
STRIVE TO ENSURE ALL PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE HAVE SELF-DETERMINED
ACCESS TO HEALTHY, AFFORDABLE,
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD.
SO AS JASON MENTIONED, THE
MAJORITY OF THE CONTRACTS FOR
OUR FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD
SECURITY PROGRAMS ARE
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE YOUTH
AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT DIVISION
OR AT LEAST A LARGE PORTION.
AND TODAY, AS MENTIONED, WE
WILL FOCUS ON THAT YOUTH AND
FAMILY APARTMENT, UP
EMPOWERMENT DIVISION AND OUT OF
SCHOOL TIME..
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT OUT OF SCHOOL
TIME, IT IS REALLY ANY PART OF
THE DAY THAT IS NOT WHEN
CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOL.
BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTERSCHOOL,
SCHOOL BREAKS, SUMMER AND THE
LIKE.
WE PROVIDE MEALS AT ALL OF
THOSE TIMES OF DAY.
AND WEEKENDS TWO.
YES.
SO IF YOU FOOD SECURITY IT
APPOINTS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT
TO REITERATE TODAY, FROM THE
HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABILITY AND
FOOD BAKE NETWORK REPORT WHICH
I KNOW YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR
WITH.
BUT WE JUST FEEL IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT ROUGHLY
10% OF SEATTLE ADULTS REPORT
EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY
WITH SEATTLE FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN EXPERIENCING EVEN
HIGHER RATES OF FOOD
INSECURITY.
OF THOSE FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN, 22% OF FAMILIES WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN AND UP TO 51% OF
FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOME
CHILDREN REPORT FOOD
INSECURITY.
SO IN 2017, OVER 13,000 SEATTLE
RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED FOOD
INSECURITY YET THERE AND COMES
WERE TOO HIGH TO QUALIFY FOR
FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS.
WE CONSIDER THOSE FAMILIES IN
THE FOOD SECURITY GAP.
SO OUR FOOD INVESTMENTS FOCUS
ON ANY SEATTLE RESIDENT AT RISK
OF FOOD INSECURITY, INCLUDING
THOSE IN THE FEUD SECURITY GAP.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
OUR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME MEALS
PROGRAM HAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS
ON CHILDREN.
SO THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME MEALS
PROGRAM IS NESTLED IN OUR CHILD
AND YOUTH NUTRITION PROGRAM.
THE CHILD AND YOUTH NUTRITION
PROGRAM IS A STRONG LINEUP OF
THREE PROGRAMS.
CHILDCARE NUTRITION, FOCUSED ON
TILDEN AND MEALS AND FAMILY
CHILD CARE SETTINGS.
AND OF COURSE AS MENTIONED, OUR
AFTERSCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM AS
WELL AS THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE
PROGRAM TOGETHER.
THEY ARE THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
MEALS PROGRAMS WHICH WILL TALK
ABOUT FURTHER.
SO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ENSURE
ACCESS TO MEALS WHERE CHILDREN
ARE AT.
LICENSED CHILDCARE, COMMUNITY
CENTERS, CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS, PARKS, COMMUNITY
CENTERS AND THE LIKE.
SO THEY ARE OFFERED YEAR-ROUND,
INCLUDING WEEKENDS TO ENSURE
THAT CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO
RELY ON FREE AND REDUCED MEALS
THROW THE SCHOOL YEAR HAVE
CONTINUED ACCESS TO MEALS
DURING OUT OF SCHOOL TIMES.
THEY ARE FUNDED BY BOTH THE
STATE AND THE CITY WHILE THE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IS A PRIMARY
FUNDER.
THEY MANAGE FEDERAL USDA'S
DOLLARS.
WHICH GET PASSED THROUGH TO US.
SO WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR
DEADLINES MEET USDA REGULATIONS
AND GUIDELINES AS WELL IN TERMS
OF REAL PATTERNS.
AND MONITORING.
>> ONE SECOND.
GO AHEAD, DO HAVE A QUESTION?
GO AHEAD EMMA COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANKS, TED.
I APPRECIATE THIS CHART.
I WILL TELL YOU THE PROBLEM I
HAVE WHEN I SEE CHARTS LIKE
THIS.
THERE ARE NO NUMBERS ATTACHED.
>> WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
WE DO.
THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME
FROM AMY.
>> GOOD BECAUSE WE WERE GOING
BACK ON, WERE LOOKING AT THE
FOOD FOR CHILDREN BEFORE
SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL AND ON
SUMMERS AND WE WERE TRYING TO
PARSE OUT AS WE WERE MOVING
FORWARD ON SOME OF THESE
ISSUES.
HOW MUCH WAS COMING FROM THE
FED AND THEN THE STATE AND THE
GENERAL FUND AND THEN THE TAX.
I KNOW YOU WILL COME UP ON
THOSE NUMBERS SOON.
THIS IS 2018.
>> CORRECT.
>> 18.
>> IT IS 18 AND THEY CAN KIND
OF SEE THE BREAKDOWN ON THE
SLIDE BUT THE HARD NUMBERS,
WHICH WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE IN
WRITING, SO FOR THE AFTER
SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM, THIS IS
MINUS STAFF COSTS.
SO JUST THE COST THAT GET
PASSED THROUGH TO THE
COMMUNITY.
AND THE COST OF THE PROGRAM.
AGAIN, MINUS STAFF COST.
193,000 FOR THE FIRST PART
AFTERSCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM.
THE CHILD HERE, THE CHILDCARE
IS 1,112,837.
THE FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM IS
597,000 SO JUST SHY OF 600,000.
WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE IN WRITING
TWO.
THE SWEET BEVERAGE TAX HAS
REALLY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE
IN IMPROVING THE MEAL QUALITY
FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMS.
>> SO THOSE NUMBERS GET TO THE
QUESTION I WILL ASK.
OF THE THREE BARS, THE MIDDLE
BAR, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL
QUANTITY IS 10 TIMES AS MUCH IS
THE FIRST BAR.
RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
AND AT THIS POINT, THAT IS
REALLY BECAUSE THE AFTERSCHOOL
MEALS PROGRAM WAS JUST NEWLY
LAUNCHED LATE LAST YEAR.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE
PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
>> THEN THE SUMMER MEALS
PROGRAM IS FIVE TIMES AS MUCH
AT THE FIRST BAR?
RIGHT?
>> THAT IS ACCURATE.
AND THE GRAY IS THE STATE FUND.
IT IS NOT UNFUNDED.
>> CORRECT.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER FOLLOW-UP.
THANK YOU, NATALIE.
SO THE SWEET BEVERAGE TAX
IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF FOOD?
THIS MIGHT BE OFF BASE BUT DID
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HOW
DELIVERY AND SERVICE?
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.
YES.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO JUST SOME CONCRETE ANECDOTES
TO THAT.
SO LAST YEAR, WE ADDED A
HUMMUS, A SPICY HUMMUS AND
REGULAR HUMMUS DISH.
AT THE REQUEST OF THE YOUTH.
>> WE WILL PROBABLY LOSE SOME
VOTES OF THAT.
I DON'T LIKE KALE EITHER SO I
WILL PUT IT OUT THERE.
NO HUMMUS AND NO KALE.
>> I ADORE KALE.
>> WOW.
>> DID I TELL YOU?
THAT YOUTH ENJOYED THE SPICY
HUMMUS, NOT THE REGULAR.
SO WE KEPT THAT ON THE MENU
THIS YEAR.
THEY DID.
YEAH.
THAT GOT A THUMBS-UP.
>> THAT IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
KNOW ANY BETTER.
>> SO IT IS BEEN ABLE TO ADD,
THAT FUNNY.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE
THE QUALITY BUT ALSO TO
INCREASE SOME OF THE
EFFICIENCIES WITH ROUTE
PLANNING AND DELIVERY.
>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS FOCUSING
ON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THAT IT IMPROVE BECAUSE
THERE WERE EXTRA FUNDS TO BE
ABLE TO USE?
>> YES.
SO PRIMARILY WHAT DOES EXTRA
FUNDS DID WAS TO ALLOW US TO
HIGHER A YEAR-ROUND OUT OF
SCHOOL TIME MEALS COORDINATOR.
AND THAT WAS HUGE BECAUSE WHAT
ALEXIS WAS ABLE TO DO, NUMBER
ONE, IS, PAT WILL TALK ABOUT
THE OUTREACH MUCH EARLIER.
ALSO DO MUCH MORE SYSTEMS AND
PLANNING WORK BEFORE STAFF EVEN
STARTED. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
SEASONAL STAFF FOR THE FOOD
SERVICE PROGRAM.
TO BE WILL TO DO THAT, SYSTEMS
PLANNING, AROUND ROUTE AND
DELIVERIES WAS ALSO VERY HUGE.
AND ALSO FOCUSED ON CHILDREN
THAT WERE ALREADY GETTING THAT
INCOME LUNCH AND WHERE THE FOOD
BANKS WERE ALREADY PUTTING
TOGETHER THE PERKS FOR CHILDREN
OVER THE WEEKEND WHICH WAS
PHENOMENAL FOR NORTH HELPLINE
SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT.
>> THAT IS GREAT HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
MY ON?
>> REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE MOVE
ON.
TO HAVE A SENSE IN TERMS OF
THAT OUTREACH, IT HELPS GET
MORE PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY AND
SHOULD BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
DO YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY
FAMILIES IN SEATTLE THAT SHOULD
BE PARTICIPATING OR COULD OR
SHOULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THE
PROGRAM?
A LOT OF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS,
MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
DON'T END UP TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF IT.
TO HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH?
>> PAT, DO YOU WANT TO COVER
THIS?
OR DO WANT ME TO TAKE THE
QUESTION?
>> YOU CAN TAKE THE QUESTION.
>> WELL I GUESS FOR ME, IT IS,
I CAN TELL YOU HOW PEOPLE
QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
WHAT WE ARE DOING TO OUTREACH
BUT WE REALLY, SO THAT NUMBER
FOR EXAMPLE FOR THE SUMMER FOOD
SERVICE PROGRAM, IT IS BASED ON
THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
PARTICIPANTS AT THE DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.
SO WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE
CHILDREN THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
THAT FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH
PROGRAM DON'T NECESSARILY TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE SUMMER MEAL
PROGRAM FOR A RIDE BUT, A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
WE WOULD HAVE TO DO RESEARCH TO
SAY SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US HOW
MANY YOUTH ARE ACTUALLY, EVEN
THEY HAVE ADMITTED THAT EVEN
THOUGH THERE ARE YOUTH THAT ARE
ELIGIBLE, THEY DON'T SIGN UP.
THEY, THE FAMILIES DON'T WANT
TO PROVIDE PAPERWORK SO WE CAN
GIVE YOU RESEARCH AND FIND THE
NUMBER.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD
KNOW THE HARD, EXACT NUMBER BUT
WE ARE DOING ALL OF THE
OUTREACH WE POSSIBLY CAN TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERY FAMILY
THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE CAN.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I AM GOING TO START WITH THE
CHILDCARE NUTRITION PROGRAM.
WE ARE SERVING 130 FAMILIES AND
PROGRAMS IN OUR CHILDCARE
NUTRITION PROGRAM.
WE PROVIDE NO REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THE HEALTHY MEALS THAT THEY
PROVIDE TO THEIR CARE EMMA WE
OFFER ONGOING SUPPORT TO THESE
IN-HOME SMALL BUSINESSES,
OWNERS WHO ARE SERVING LOW
INCOME FAMILIES WITH TOOLS FOR
BEST PRACTICE RECORD-KEEPING,
MENU PLANNING, I FOUND THE
BUSINESS PRACTICES.
THEY SERVE AN AVERAGE OF 6-12
CHILDREN PER WEEK.
THE FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
RECEIVE ONGOING EDUCATION TO
INCREASE QUALITY AND A VARIETY
OF FOODS THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE
VISITS AND WORKSHOPS BY THE
CHILDCARE NUTRITION STAFF.
AND BECAUSE WE RECEIVE FUNDING
FROM OS PI, THE PROGRAMS ARE
LOCATED NOT ONLY IN SEATTLE BUT
THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY.
>> AS NATALIE SAID BEFORE, THE
AFTERSCHOOL TIMES PROGRAM
INCLUDES THE AFTERSCHOOL MEALS
AND THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE
PROGRAM.
IN 2010, THE HEALTHY HUNGER
FREE KIDS ACT WAS PASSED, WHICH
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET
MEAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR,
THROUGHOUT ALL STATES.
SO WE ADDED THE AFTERSCHOOL
MEALS PROGRAM IN 2018.
TO PROVIDE MEALS AT AFTERSCHOOL
PROGRAMS AND DURING THE SCHOOL
BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL
YEAR.
SO EXAMPLES OF THE AFTERSCHOOL
PROGRAM WOULD BE TUTORING,
NATURAL ENRICHMENT AND THOSE
KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
THEN WE, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT
THAT SUMMER FOOD SERVICE
PROGRAM IS IN THE PORTFOLIO
THAT NATALIE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER.
AND HST HAS BEEN OPERATING THE
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
SINCE 1977.
SO EVEN BEFORE ME.
>> SO AS I SAID BEFORE, THE
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WAS
LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2018.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT
FIVE SITES IN LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND SEATTLE.
AND IN THIS PROGRAM, WE SERVE
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN EVERYWHERE
FROM KINDERGARTEN TO HIGH
SCHOOL WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN
TUTORING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS
CULTURAL INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES.
AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING BREAKS.
AND THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE 2018-
2019 SCHOOL YEAR, WE SERVED
10,600 AND MORE MEALS.
THEY AVERAGE 20-25 YOUTH PER
WEEK GOING TO THESE LOCATIONS.
EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAD FIVE
THIS YEAR, THEY WERE DIVERSE
POPULATIONS.
OUR PARTNERS WITH EAST AFRICAN
COMMITTEE SERVICES, REFUGEE
WOMEN'S ALLIANCE AND PRE-
NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARIES.
SOUTH PARK, HIGH POINT AND
BROADVIEW.
FOR THE FIVE OF THESE SCHOOL
SITES ALSO SERVE SUMMER MEALS.
IT IS A CONTINUOUS CONFERENCE
OF SERVICE.
THIS PROGRAM HAS GOTTEN OFF TO
A STRONG START AND WE ARE
PLANNING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF SITES IN FALL OF 2019 AS
NATALIE SAID.
WE HAVE HIRED A FULL-TIME OUT
OF SCHOOL TIME COORDINATOR AND
THEY ARE WORKING ON RECRUITING
MORE SITES FOR OUR START IN
SEPTEMBER, 2019.
SO OUR SUMMER FOOD SERVICE
PROGRAM.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS THE
LARGEST SUMMER FOOD SERVICE
PROGRAM SPONSOR IN THE STATE.
AND IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE 120
SITES ACROSS SEATTLE.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE NEXT
SLIDE.
AND LESTER, WE SERVED 202, SIX
AND 29 MEALS 2/5000 YOUTH AGES
1-18.
WE PROVIDE MEALS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF FREE AND REDUCED
LUNCH PARTICIPANTS AS
DETERMINED BY THE MAC
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, WHICH I
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT IS HOW WE KNOW WHETHER OR
NOT A SPOT CAN BE, CAN HAVE THE
SERVICE.
THIS IS A LOW BARRIER PROGRAM.
NO APPLICATION IS REQUIRED AT
THE OPEN SITE AND PERKS LIKE
THAT.
BECAUSE THE ELIGIBILITY IS
BASED UPON THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, THE SITES MUST PROVIDE
INCOME INFORMATION VERIFYING
THAT AT LEAST 50% OF
PARTICIPANTS ARE LOW INCOME.
THIS WEEK AND BEVERAGE TAX
ADDED MORE VEGETABLES AT THEIR
LUNCHES AND INCREASED THE WHOLE
GRAINS AS SNACKS AND REPLACED
JUICES WITH FRESH FRUIT
ROCKFEST.
WE PARTNERED WITH UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY, WHICH PROVIDES
ROUGHLY 30 AMERICORPS
VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE FOOD AND
PROVIDE ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
AT THE PARKS AND LIBRARIES
SITES.
WE CONTRACT WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS WHICH PROVIDES MEALS
AND SNACKS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO NOW WE GET INTO OUR
STATISTICS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR MEAL SITE
MEALS HAVE BEEN DECREASING FROM
2016-2018.
SO I KNOW YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY.
SO OUR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT DUE
TO THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF
HIGHER INCOME LEVELS IN SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS, SOME AREAS NEED
THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IN
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS TO QUALIFY
FOR THE SERVICE.
IT WAS THE YEARS, THE OFFICE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN
ENCOURAGING MORE COMMUNITY-
BASED, ETHNICALLY FOCUS AND
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO
BECOME SPONSORS THEMSELVES TO
CONTRACT RECTALLY WITH OS PI.
WE THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
SO WE ARE ALSO FOCUSED,
ETHNICALLY FOCUSED IN
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH
THE PAPERWORK.
>> CAN I ASK JUST A REALLY
QUICK QUESTION?
THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT, IT GOES
THROUGH 2018.
THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, WHICH
HAS THE EXTRA SITES, THAT IS
2019?
IS THERE, WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN TO THE NUMBER OF MEALS
WITH TO GET TO 2019?
>> WE ARE HOPING THAT WITH THE
INCREASED SITES, WE WILL HAVE
INCREASED MEALS.
ALSO, WE WILL GO INTO A LITTLE
BIT MORE WHY WE THINK THERE HAS
BEEN A DECREASE.
WE ARE HOPING THAT SOME OF
THESE FACTORS WILL NOT BE IN FX
THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAVE INCREASED OUR SIZE
TO 120 THE SUMMER.
AND 50 ARE BRAND-NEW TO SUMMER
FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS.
OUR OUTREACH IS WORKING I
THINK.
AND THEN, THE MEALS ARE
PROVIDED IN THE LIBRARIES,
PARKS, LOW-INCOME HOUSING,
COMMUNITY CENTERS, CULTURALLY
SPECIFIC CHILDCARE CENTERS,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUMMER
PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TUKWILA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OTHER FACTORS WHICH WE WILL
ADDRESS SOME OF WHICH YOU ARE
ASKING, TED.
EVEN THOUGH WE PARTNER WITH THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WE
PROVIDE MEALS TO THEIR
JUMPSTART AND SUMMER STAIRCASE
PROGRAM, THEY HAVE REDUCED THE
NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY OFFER
THOSE PROGRAMS.
SO IF SUMMER SCHOOL, FOR
EXAMPLE FOR TEENAGERS, IF THE
PROGRAM AND THAT 12 THEY WILL
NOT WAIT AROUND FOR A LUNCH.
THEY WILL GO DOWN TO McDONALD'S
OR SOMETHING.
SO THE JOB START PROGRAM IS
ONLY FOR ONE WEEK.
BUT WE DO PROVIDE MEALS.
ATTENDANCE CAN VARY.
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR YEARS.
THE WEATHER IS A BIG FACTOR.
I DON'T KNOW.
IN SEATTLE, WE ARE WEATHER
WIMPS.
GOES ON TO OUR CHILDREN.
IF IT IS TOO HOT, THEY DON'T
COME UP.
OR TOO COLD.
NO MATTER WONDER, HOW WONDERFUL
THE ACTIVITIES.
LAST YEAR WE HAD THE SMOKE FROM
CANADA SO WE HAD TO CLOSE THE
OUTDOOR SITES FOR SAFETY.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE ANY
FIRES FROM CANADA AND THE
WEATHER WILL BE MODERATE ENOUGH
THE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO COME
OUT AND COME TO THE SITE.
>> MAYBE IT WILL COME LATER.
SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, WE
HAVE A WEBSITE.
FREE SUMMER MEALS.ORG.
WE ARE GETTING INTO THE CITRUS
IS, THE 21st CENTURY, WE CAN
TEXT FOOD TO 877877.
THEY WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE
LOCATIONS ARE CLOSEST TO SITE.
>> SO DO YOU OFTEN HAVE THAT
TEXT SERVICE BEING USED BY
PEOPLE?
>> WE HAVEN'T TRACKED IT YET
BUT ALL OF OUR MONITORS, WE DO
TEST IT OUT THIS MORNING.
JUST MAKE SURE IT WAS WORKING.
IT COULD EVEN BE, IF YOU LIVE
IN FEDERAL WAY, YOU COULD TEXT
IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND THEY WILL
TELL YOU THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
CLOSE TO YOU.
>> CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION
ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE THE NUMBER
OF MEAL SITES REMAINED FAIRLY
CONSTANT.
VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER
BETWEEN 2016-2018.
YET THE NUMBER OF MEALS SERVED
WAS SORT OF SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER
IN THE YEARS 2017-2018.
THE SITES WERE KEPT CONSISTENT
BUT THE INTAKE WAS LOWER.
>> YES.
>> THE WEATHER WIMPS?
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY.
WHO WANTS TO TAKE THAT ONE?
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE,
SO THE NUMBER OF MEALS SERVED
IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY NUANCED AS
YOU CAN GUESS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE VERY
ENCOURAGED THAT WE HAVE
INCREASED BY 20 SITES THE
NUMBER OF SITES THAT WE HAVE
ENROLLED THIS YEAR BUT WE ALSO
KNOW SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
DUE TO WEATHER, IT EXTENDED THE
WORK YEAR BY A WEEK.
THE PROGRAM STARTED ONE WEEK
LATER.
THAT COULD MEAN AGAIN, LOWER
MEAL COUNT.
SO TOGETHER, WITH THE NUMBER OF
KIDS SERVED, THE NUMBER OF
SITES ENROLLED AS WELL AS MEAL
SITES, THESE ARE DATA POINT
THAT WE LOOK AT TOGETHER.
SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER
PICTURE REALLY OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
>> WITH A WEEK EXTENDING FOR
THE SCHOOL, PRESUMABLY THERE
WERE THEN RECEIVING THE AFTER
SCHOOL MEALS WHICH IS COUNTED
SEPARATELY.
>> YES.
HOPEFULLY THOUGH THAT IS A
STARTUP.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
>> OKAY.
>> IN WHAT WAY IS OUR SCHOOL
TIME PROGRAM COORDINATED WITH
OTHER CITIES IN KING COUNTY?
WITH THE COUNTY ITSELF?
>> I'M SORRY.
>> SO I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION
TWO.
WE ARE PART OF WHAT IS CALLED
THE AFTER SCHOOL MEALS TASK
FORCE WHICH ACTUALLY IS A
STATEWIDE PROVIDER NETWORK OF
OUT OF SCHOOL TIME MEALS.
SO WE SIT OUR SUPERVISOR, TINA
SITS ON THE TASK FORCE ALONG
WITH UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY.
SOME OTHER COUNTIES PROVIDING
MEALS AS WELL AS LARGE FOOD
BANKS WHO ARE ALSO OUT OF
SCHOOL TIME MEAL PROVIDERS.
SO WE SHARE INFORMATION,
COORDINATE, LEARN FROM EACH
OTHER, IS THAT RIGHT, PAT?
>> SO WE DO A FAIR AMOUNT OF
COORDINATION AND AT LEAST INFO
SHARING.
I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO TED'S
QUESTION ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND
PARTICIPATION.
WE KNOW THAT NATIONWIDE,
PARTICIPATION IS FAIRLY LOW FOR
THE SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM.
THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME MEALS
PROGRAM IN GENERAL COMPARED TO
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND
YOUTH THAT RECEIVE FREE AND
REDUCED LNCH IN SCHOOL.
AND WE THINK THAT IS DUE TO A
NUMBER OF FACTORS.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY LIKE TO
FOCUS ON IN OUR OUT OF SCHOOL
TIME PROGRAM IS WHAT IS WITHIN
OUR SPAN OF CONTROL.
IN 2016, WE HAD A STUDENT,
INTERN COHORTS THAT LOOKED AT
STRENGTHS AND BARRIERS TO
PARTICIPATION AND THEY IDENTIFY
KEY FACTORS THAT WE REALLY CAN
WORK ON, INCLUDING HIRING A
YEAR-ROUND COORDINATOR SO THAT
WE CAN GET MORE SITES AND
INCREASED ACCESS POINTS.
WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO
COME I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE
REPORT.
IT IS QUITE EXTENSIVE.
THEY SURVEYED 88 OF OUR THEN
100 PROGRAMS AND ASKED REALLY
POINTED QUESTIONS ABOUT
PARTICIPATION.
SO WE KNOW THAT ACTUALLY
QUALITY OF MEALS MATTERS.
HAVING A YEAR-ROUND PERSON SO
THAT WE CAN START RECRUITMENT
AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
MATTERS, WHICH BE HAVE DONE.
SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO
INCREASE PARTICIPATION THROUGH
THE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE
SPAN OF OUR CONTROL.
SO SUMMER SCHOOL THE LENGTH OF
TIME, LESS IN OUR CONTROL BUT
OTHER PROGRAMMATIC FACTORS
CERTAINLY IN OUR CONTROL.
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT
ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUMMER FOOD
SERVICE PROGRAM, OUR PRIMARY
FOOD DIVIDER IS SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
BUT THEY HAVE TO PREPARE MEALS
FOR LARGE NUMBERS AND SO WHEN
WE START NEGOTIATING WITH THEM
BACK IN APRIL, THEY EMMA WE
WOULD GIVE THEM IT PROJECTED
NUMBER OF MEALS THAT WILL BE
PROVIDED.
THEY GO AHEAD AND BUY AND
PURCHASE THAT FOOD AHEAD OF
TIME.
THEY PROVIDE A MENU AND WE
APPROVE IT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE ALWAYS
WORKING WITH THEM IS TO GET A
MORE APPEALING MENU BUT THERE
IS ALWAYS SO MUCH FLEXIBILITY
AS THEY ARE PREPARING THE
MEALS.
THEY ARE ORDERING THE FOOD IN
ADVANCE AND PREPARING THE MEALS
FOR A LARGE NUMBER.
SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUTH
DURING THE SUMMER.
ONE OF THE EQUIPMENT STRATEGIES
FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL PROGRAM
IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS WHERE WE
ACTUALLY FUND AFTERSCHOOL
ACTIVITIES AND SO TRYING TO
WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS, IT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE TO ALSO PROVIDE
MEALS, BETTER MEALS THAN CHIPS
AS A SNACK WHILE THE YOUTH ARE
PARTICIPATING.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR
STRATEGIES FOR THE UPCOMING
YEAR.
>> I JUST WANT, BACK TO ONE OF
THE SLIDES.
IS BECAUSE OF STUFF LIKE THIS.
QUESTION IS THIS.
HE SAID SEATTLE IS THE LARGEST
IN THE STATE FOR THIS PROGRAM?
>> DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE
THE FIRST TO DO THIS?
ARE THERE OTHER CITIES WITHIN
KING COUNTY THAT ARE DOING IT?
WE KNOW FOOD SCARCITY IS
OBVIOUSLY EVERYWHERE.
>> TRADITIONALLY, THIS PROGRAM
IS OFFERED BY SCHOOL
DISTRICT'S.
THERE IS ALSO A MANDATE THAT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO
PROVIDE MEALS FOR ANY YOUTH
THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE
PROGRAMS.
AND SO SINCE 1977, WE HAVE BEEN
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, THAT IS WHY.
TECHNICALLY, THEY SHOULD BE
PROVIDING THE SERVICE BUT BY
THE CITY, OUR CITY PROVIDING
THIS, WE ARE BROADENING OUR
REACH.
AROUND THE STATE, THERE MIGHT
BE A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
EXAMPLE, WE, AUBURN SCHOOL
DISTRICT PROVIDES THE SERVICE.
SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
>> I AM JUST FOCUSING BECAUSE
WE HAVE SO MANY CITIES WITHIN
KING COUNTY.
IT IS A SHAME THAT SEATTLE IS
THE LARGEST AND DOING ALL THIS.
I WONDER WHAT THE OTHER 38
CITIES ARE DOING.
>> I DRIVE AROUND THE COUNTY
BECAUSE I AM OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE.
BUT I HAVE SEEN THE SIGNS FOR
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS.
THAT IS WHY IF YOU TEXT 877877
AND PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE, IF IT
IS OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE, THEY
WOULD GIVE YOU ANOTHER
LOCATION.
WE TESTED THIS MORNING TO MAKE
SURE IT WORKED, IF I GIVE UP
HIS NUMBER, HE PUT IN A FEDERAL
WAY ZIP CODE AND WE GOT
LOCATIONS ON FEDERAL WAY, WHICH
WE DON'T PROVIDE.
>>> THE REASON I SHARE THIS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL
UNDERSTAND THIS AS WELL.
IF YOU SIT ON THE COUNCIL, YOU
ALSO HAVE TO SERVE TO KING
COUNTY BOARDS.
I ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF
HEALTH AND THE PUGET SOUND
BOARD.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE
REPRESENTED THE CITY OF SEATTLE
A WE ARE TRYING TO SHARE WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES FROM DIFFERENT
CITIES LIKE AUBURN, FEDERAL
WAY, KENMORE, WHAT WE ARE DOING
THAT WE ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF
CRAZY RADICAL SEATTLEITES.
WE ACCEPT PROGRAM THAT WORK AND
DO GOOD THINGS AND SO I KNOW
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT WITH YOU
BUT AT SOME POINT, IF YOU COULD
SHARE.
IF THERE IS OTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE
DOING, THIS IS SOMETHING I
THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP
IN KING COUNTY.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES.
AND PROMOTING THE REALITY THAT
THESE ARE PROGRAMS IN THE
INTEREST OF ALL LOW-INCOME
PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF CITY
BOUNDARY, THERE IS A LOT OF
FAMILIES UNFORTUNATELY WHO ARE
IN NEED.
AND AS YOU SAID, THE WORK OF
MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS
ARE ENROLLED IN IS AN ONGOING
THING BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER
ENROLLED OFTEN.
THEY NEED TO KEEP ONGOING.
>> I WILL SAY TWO, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE HEAR FROM THE
NATIONAL COLLEAGUES, THAT WE
ARE SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS,
IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE THIS
BLENDING OF FEDERAL FUNDING AS
WELL AS CITY GENERAL FUND AND
IN OUR CASE, A BEVERAGE TAX TO
SUPPLEMENT THE OPERATIONS OF
THE PROGRAM.
SO MANY OTHER CITIES JUST RELY
ON THE FEDERAL PASS-THROUGH
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY HAVE NO
CITY FUNDING WHICH MEANS IT IS
A VERY BARE-BONES, WE GET TO
HAVE HUMMUS AND MEDITERRANEAN
PASTA.
AND I'M JUST SAYING IT RIGHT
NOW.
RIBEYE.
>> WE WILL HAVE A COMMITTEE
MEETING JUST TO DISCUSS THE
MENU.
>> WE WILL GET THEIR OPINION.
I'M SORRY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
THEY MAY DISAGREE WITH YOU.
>> SO THAT DOESN'T GO OVER OUR
HEADS.
THE FUNDING FROM THE CITY MAKES
A DIFFERENCE.
>> THAT AN IMPORTANT POINT.
THAT IS THE POINT TO BE MADE AT
THE REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE,
THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE A GREAT
THING AND THEY SUPPLEMENT THE
FUNDS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THE NUMBERS ARE HERE.
200,000 MEALS PER YEAR.
THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT
THIS PROGRAM.
THAT IS SUBSTANTIAL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THINK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO,
JASON.
ON THIS HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT SUMMARY, THE YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, I KNOW TED
IN MY OFFICE HAS BEEN URGING
YOU TO MAKE A PRESENTATION BUT
I THINK WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE
DEPARTMENT IS THAT THE MAYOR IS
MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND WE
ARE VERY EAGER TO HEAR ABOUT
THE PROGRAM.
I'M CURIOUS, PRESUMABLY THESE
ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
WE ARE IN SUMMER SO THE
PROGRAMS ARE IN ACTION NOW?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE AN
UPDATE OR AT LEAST AN EMAIL
UPDATE THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH
OUR CONSTITUENTS?
>>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK HAVE TO CORDON IT THE
TIMING OF SUCH AN UPDATE BUT I
AM HAPPY TO COME BACK AND
PROVIDE THAT.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND GIVEN THAT WE ARE NOW SOON?
COULD YOU COORDINATE IN TERMS
OF GETTING THE UPDATE?
THESE PROGRAMS ARE OF GREAT
INTEREST TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT A LOT OF
THESE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS,
SUMMER PROGRAMS, BOTH IN TERMS
OF MEALS AND ACTIVITIES,
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, THEY ARE
SO RELEVANT IN THE DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT HOW WE BRING DOWN YOUTH
INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THEIR
FUTURE AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE ENROLLED IN
PROGRAMS?
YOU KNOW, FOR US AS AN OFFICE
TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
IS EXTREMELY USEFUL.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> COAKLEY, THIS IS THE UNITED
WAY, THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM IN
HERE?
>> IT IS OUR PROGRAM.
>> I SEE YOU HAVE LAWYERS
HELPING HUNGRY CHILDREN.
I SEE THE CHILD HERE HAS A D5 T-
SHIRT ON.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CLEARLY, THE PASSION YOU HAVE
FOR THIS WORK SHOWS.
INC.
YOU, JASON.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
ITEMS, THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.